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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Professional Development

I went to a professional development training on Thursday and will also attend one on Monday (tomorrow) and one on Tuesday. To say that I felt completely at home would be an understatement. I was welcomed and literally laughing about 5 seconds after arriving. I am so excited for what this year brings!

I met four of my five teammates on Thursday. They are AWESOME! I had actually already met one (the team leader) at the interview and had emailed/spoken to on the phone another teammate. They are all so nice and funny and seem to truly love their jobs. I am so excited!

I realize that this job is different than the one I just left and has many different requirements. There are many challenges before me, but I am excited for the challenges! I say, "bring 'em on!" I can do this. I am ready and willing and excited to do this!

Third grade will be different, but I will be teaching workshop style (which I LOVE) and am already getting things organized and ideas flowing for next year. I will have a little more freedom about how I want to teach things and will be able to write my own lesson plans. I am a little nervous about writing my own plans, but am also excited about getting to plan everything on my own. I also know that these great ladies will be happy to help me and I know I will get through it.

All that being said, I know I am going to really miss my team last year. I will miss my kids from last year. I hate that I will not get to see them grow and change. I hope that next year I will be able to have that experience with the kids I have this year. We shall see.

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About Me

Philippians 1:3
I'm a daughter, sister, wife, "MilShelb Mom", friend, Christian, teacher... I am married to my best friend and am proud to have MilShelb as my children. Being their mother is the role I cherish most in life.

Followers

Unknown

To learn and never be filled is wisdom; to teach and never be weary, is love.

K.P. Gerlach

Our task is to provide an education for the kinds of kids we have; Not the kinds of kids we used to have, or want to have, or the kids that exist in our dreams.

Unknown

What I do today is important because I'm trading a day of my life for it.

Forest Witchcraft

A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank... but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in the life of a child.

Stephen Brookfield

The best learners... often make the worst teachers. They are, in a very real sense, perceptually challenged. They cannot imagine what it must be like to struggle to learn something that comes so naturally to them.